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Sunday, November 23, 2014

Sentence Connectors 3

Alternative
§  You're welcome to come with us now in our car. Alternatively, you could go later with Mary.


Negative Condition

or else           otherwise

§  I must leave now, or else I'll be late.
§  You must study hard. Otherwise, you may fail.


Summation/ Conclusion

in summary       in brief        in short        in conclusion to be brief        to sum up     all in all

§  This is our most disastrous and embarrassing defeat ever; in short, it is a fiasco.
§  The system lacked originality, efficiency and ingenuity. In conclusion, it was a complete failure.



Other Sentence Connectors

after all: considering all the factors in the situation

§  I don't think he should be punished for breaking the window. After all, he's only five years old.
incidentally/by the way (used to introduce an additional point that the speaker has just thought of)
§  Some people, and incidentally that includes Robert, just won't look after themselves properly.
 above all (=more than anything else)
§  He misses all of us, but he longs above all to see his family again.
all the same: even so, nevertheless, in any case,
§   I like him; all the same, I don't trust him
 anyway, anyhow, in any case
§  I wasn't asked; anyway/anyhow/in any case, I wasn't keen to go.
 instead (used to indicate contrast)
§  Mary did not answer. Instead she looked out of the taxi window.


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